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Maine's LD 307 halts permits for data centers over 20MW until November 2027, putting the state first in what is fast becoming a national legislative revolt against AI infrastructure.
Andrej Karpathy posted about a 'growing gap in understanding of AI capability' — and the three-camp structure of the debate reveals more about power than technology.
78,557 tech layoffs in Q1 2026, with nearly half companies explicitly citing AI — the first quarter where AI attribution reached this scale.
Orbán's state media machine, which controlled over 80% of Hungarian outlets, was beaten by a social media campaign run from a smartphone — a lesson for every democracy under informational siege.
World Leaks stole and published 337,000 LAPD files — personnel records, internal affairs documents, and unredacted witness identities — from the Los Angeles City Attorney's system.
With X's moderation reduced to a fraction of its 2020 capacity, AI-generated political deepfakes are proliferating ahead of the 2026 midterms with no effective deterrent.